April 25, 2025 Earthquake: Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Date

April 25, 2025

Time

11:44:55 UTC

Place

Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Magnitude

6.3 (Mw)

Focal depth

35 km (22 mi)

Tsunami

Yes: the tsunami it caused

Epicenter

1.105° N, 79.535° W

Country

Ecuador

Injuries

49

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Houses damaged

2,715

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• August 16, 1868, San Pablo, Guayaquil,ibarra, Colombia, EcuadorM7.7 · 70,000 deaths · 175 km
• January 31, 1906, Off Coast, EcuadorM8.8 · 1,000 deaths · 25 km
• April 16, 2016, Manabi, Esmeraldas, Near West Coast, EcuadorM7.8 · 663 deaths · $3.3 billion · 6,998 houses destroyed · 91 km
• December 12, 1979, Off Shore, Pacific Ocean, ColombiaM8.1 · 600 deaths · $8 million · 10,000 houses destroyed · 58 km
• December 14, 1923, Ipiales, ColombiaM6.2 · 300 deaths · 197 km
• January 19, 1958, Colombia-EcuadorM7.6 · 115 deaths · 44 km
• April 9, 1976, Esmeraldos, EcuadorM6.7 · 10 deaths · $4 million · 47 km
• August 11, 1990, Pamasqui, Quito, EcuadorM4.4 · 4 deaths · 177 km
• December 19, 2016, Esmeraldas, EcuadorM5.4 · 3 deaths · 10 houses destroyed · 32 km
• August 12, 2014, Quito, EcuadorM5.1 · 3 deaths · 184 km
• March 27, 2022, Esmeraldas, EcuadorM5.8 · 1 death · 779 houses destroyed · 24 km
• May 18, 2016, Manabi Province, EcuadorM6.9 · 1 death · 68 km
• June 25, 1989, Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, EcuadorM6.1 · 10 km
• February 1, 1958, Colombia-EcuadorM6.9 · Deaths: few · 116 km
• July 20, 1955, Colombia-EcuadorM6 · 161 km

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Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 10845.